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Dr.Jacqueline Reilly,
Head of School

Telephone:
+44 (0)28 9036 8001

Fax:
+44 (0)28 9036 8201

E-mail:
socsci@ulster.ac.uk


 



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Current Students

Name Project Title

Mouloud Alouane

Muslim Parents’ Perceptions of their Children’s Educational Experiences in Northern Ireland.

Ahmad Aly

Impact of Tajweed Phonology on RFL Arab students English Phonology and Pronunciation

Olivia Barnes

Justice: Proportionate Punishment

Paul Best

A qualitative community based study exploring suicide among teenagers in Northern Ireland

Cathy Bollaert

Towards a peace-building framework and praxis for reconciling divided identities: Insights from the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Sarah Boyles

Development of a Student Help-Seeking Model.

Bethany Waterhouse Bradley

Does the Voluntary and Community Sector Facilitate Meaningful Engagement of Minority Groups in the Policy Process?  The Case of Ethnic Minorities in Northern Ireland

Sean Byers

Sean Murray (1898-1961), the republican left and the rise of communism in Europe

Ita Connolly

The Politics of the United States and Britain ’s Anti-terrorism Legislation .

Erik Cownie

Disconnected ? Working class communities and the vision of Belfast as a shared city

Elizabeth Craig

Mental Health and Women in the Criminal Justice System: A Qualitative Study examining the Mental Health Needs of Women in the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland and an Examination of Mental Health Service Provision from a Service User and Professional Perspective.

Lesley-Ann Daniels

Efficacy of post-conflict peace-building

Megan Devlin

Project S: A Longitudinal Study of Trilingual Child Language Acquisition involving Scottish Gaelic, Italian and English.

Alice Diver

Identity as a right in International Law:

Orla Drummond

Inclusion or Exclusion – The Future of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal in NI

ELAINE DUDDY

Well-being of Children with Communication Difficulties: Policy Implementation and Service Analyses of Speech and Language Therapy Provision within Sure Start in Northern Ireland.

Sarah Evans

Constructing Identities and Forming Communities of Practice in Cyberspace: The Case of Eating Disorders.

Lisa Faulkner

Voluntary Sector and State Relationships: A Case Study of ‘less visible’ Community Based Organisations in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Marietta Farrell

“Margaret Anne Cusack – The Nun of Kenmare”

Geraldine Fleming

Professional judgments and dilemmas in adult protection decision

Finola Ferry

Economic costs of mood and anxiety disorders

Olakunle Folami

The Gendered Construction of Redress in Niger Delta Nigeria

ADAM FUSHEINI

Implementing Socially Affordable Health Care Policies in Developing Countries: the Case of Ghana`s National Health Insurance Scheme

Carmel Gallagher

Pathways to the ‘Big Picture’ Curriculum The influences which shaped the revised Curriculum in Northern Ireland at the turn of the millennium

Aveen Mohammed Hasan

Kurdish Intonation with Reference to English

Kevin Hearty

Challenging intra-communal hegemony: The use of memory in the republican debate on policing.

Lorna Henderson

The Impact of Disclosure of Child Sexual Abuse by Adults on their Families: How Families Manage and Access Support Systems

Jill Hendron

The secondary traumatisation experience of Irish clergy and its relationship with Emotional Intelligence

Mary Holmes

Adult Literacy in Northern Ireland: Pedagogical Comparisons of Essential skills Providers.

Frances Kane

An investigation into the syntax of Irish Noun phrase

JARLATH KEARNEY

A socio-legal investigation of Northern Ireland's Senior Civil Service in relation to the transitional peace process

Jacqueline Kerr

Being within and without: A study of women’s [re]settlement within contemporary crime control strategy in the context of a society emerging from conflict.

Daniel Kiely

The economic outcomes of immigrants to Ireland

Ann Kirby

Standard of Healthy Living on the Island of Ireland

Anna Łazuka

The Discourse of Transformation. A Critical Analysis of Polish News Media.

Margaret-Ann Long

The helping process for people who self-harm

James McAteer

Policy development within the social economy of two sub-national regions.

George McBride

Robert Patterson ( 1802-1872 ): An analysis of his contribution to the study of natural history in schools and colleges in Ireland in the nineteenth century.

Kevin McCay

Unionism in Fermanagh from 1945-73.

David McCann

TK Whitaker’s role in developing relations between the Northern and Southern governments from Lemass to Lynch

Caireen McCluskey

Can a post-structuralist inspired framework offer a more sophisticated understanding of the complexities of domestic abuse and lay the foundation for government interventions which are more responsive to the needs of the people involved and wider society in Northern Ireland?

Paula McFadden

Promoting Mental Health in Child Protection Social Work: Preventing Burnout – Increase Resilience

Sorcha McKenna

Innocence Lost - The effectiveness of international law in the protection of children from sexual violence during armed conflict

Anthony McKeown

Information and communication poverty in Northern Ireland

Elizabeth Anne McMahon

An evaluation of collaborative early language intervention and practice for children with speech, language and communication difficulties in mainstream education

Deborah Magill

The Adjudication of Individual Employment Disputes in Northern Ireland.

William Matchett

A study of counter-insurgency in Northern Ireland contextualized by a comparative analysis with counter-insurgency efforts in Iraq

Ashley Meehan

“The Role of Communication in Managing Organisational Uncertainty.” 

Claire Meehan

‘Just say No’ An acceptable basis for informing your people about drugs.

Judith Mullineux

Factors influencing Probation Officers ’  judgements regarding the likelihood of re-offending.

Patrick Mulroe

"Irish government security policy along the border 1969-1982".

Shauna Page

A Particularized Form of Domestic Violence: Female Genital Mutilation as the Basis for Refugee Status

Claire Pierson

Gender and Citizenship in NI

Salman Razza

Sustainable Supplier Selection Model for Public Sector

Charis Rice

Government communication and media relations in the devolved, power-sharing context of Northern Ireland

Shaun Roddy

An investigation into the prevalence and nature of substance use/misuse among the Polish community in Northern Ireland, considering also implications for access to and use of treatment services

Christopher St John

A study of how the specialist child abuse investigators development programme has enabled child abuse investigators to apply human rights.

Elizabeth Super

Title of project: Institutional Reform as a Mechanism of Transitional Justice

Aisling Swaine

Transition or transformation: An analysis of women and violence in conflict and post-conflict societies

Colleen-Anne Smyth  

Public Inquiries as a Transitional Justice Mechanism

Clare Wasson

The Impact of Gender on the Educational Achievement of Children in the Early Years

Pat Webb

The 'campaigning' for the construction and demolition of Divis Flats: A case study in the 'community power debate'



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